SIMPLE OR CONTINUOUS?
Question:
I ___ TV last night.
A. watched
B. was watching
Answer: watched
Why? A completed past action.
Complete:
I was sleeping ___ my phone rang.
Answer: when
Question:
Correct the mistake:
I was watched TV yesterday.
Answer:
I watched TV yesterday.
Yesterday, I ___ (go) to school.
Answer: went
Which is correct?
I ___ dinner when my friend arrived.
A. ate
B. was eating
Answer: B — was eating
Question:
At 8 p.m. yesterday, I ___ dinner.
A. ate
B. was eating
Answer: was eating
Why? The action was in progress at a particular time.
Complete:
___ I was studying, my sister was watching TV.
Answer: While
Question:
Correct:
They were play football.
Answer:
They were playing football.
At 7 p.m., my mother ___ (cook) dinner.
Answer: was cooking
Question:
What's wrong?
While I was watching TV, my brother called me.
Nothing! ✅
This sentence is correct.
Question:
They ___ football when it started to rain.
A. played
B. were playing
Answer: were playing
Why? Playing was already happening when another event occurred.
Choose the correct answer:
I was walking home ___ it started to rain.
A. while
B. when
Answer: B — when
Question:
Correct:
I was sleeping when my phone was rang.
Answer:
I was sleeping when my phone rang.
I ___ (do) my homework when my friend ___ (call) me.
Answer:
I was doing my homework when my friend called me.
Make one sentence using:
was studying + phone rang
Possible answer:
I was studying when my phone rang.
Question:
Which sentence is correct?
A. She was went to school yesterday.
B. She went to school yesterday.
C. She was go to school yesterday.
Answer: B
Complete:
While they ___ (play) football, it ___ (start) to rain.
Answer:
While they were playing football, it started to rain.
Question:
Correct BOTH mistakes:
While I studied, my mother was cooked dinner.
Answer:
While I was studying, my mother was cooking dinner.
Why? Both actions were happening at the same time.
While Gary ___ (build) the house, Paula ___ (work).
Answer:
While Gary was building the house, Paula was working.
Look at this situation:
Maria was walking to school. Suddenly, she saw a dog.
Combine the two sentences using when.
Answer:
Maria was walking to school when she saw a dog.
Question:
Explain the difference:
I watched TV.
I was watching TV.
Answer:
I watched TV = completed action.
I was watching TV = action was in progress.
Question:
Which sentence shows two actions happening at the same time?
A. I was sleeping when my phone rang.
B. While I was studying, my sister was watching TV.
C. I got up and went to school.
Answer: B
Why? Both actions were happening at the same time.
Question:
This sentence has a tense problem:
When I was getting home, I was seeing my friend.
Correct it.
Answer:
When I got home, I saw my friend.
Why? These are completed events rather than actions in progress.
While my parents ___ (watch) TV, I ___ (play) computer games, but then my mum ___ (call) me.
While my parents were watching TV, I was playing computer games, but then my mum called me.
Question:
You are watching a movie.
Something was happening in the background:
Tom ______ dinner.
Then something suddenly happened:
The lights ______ out.
Complete the sentence.
Answer:
Tom was eating dinner when the lights went out.